Tag: Malnutrition

A retrospective cross-sectional study of 1,948 older adults found that higher red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratios were most strongly ...

A prospective Brazilian cohort found that reported food and energy intake remained reduced six months after pancreatoduodenectomy even as inflammation ...

Porridges enriched with dried dagaa fish provided more than three times the protein of cereal-only porridges and most of the ...

When an older adult breaks a hip or a wrist after a simple fall, the fracture itself is only half ...

The bidirectional relationship between nutrition and infection in critically ill infants and children extends well beyond simple caloric sufficiency. When ...

A new study of 468 community-dwelling older adults finds that probable sarcopenia and depressive symptoms independently increase dysphagia risk while ...

A retrospective study of 159 Ugandan children with acute myeloid leukaemia found high rates of induction failure and early death, ...

A secondary analysis of the CHAT cluster randomized trial in Burkina Faso found that twice-yearly mass azithromycin distribution showed no ...

A new meta-analysis of nine randomized trials finds that face-to-face nutritional counseling best preserves body weight in gastric cancer patients ...

A six-year South African study found that the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra test on induced sputum achieved over 90 percent sensitivity ...

In a reported first, Chinese clinicians established long-term feeding access directly into the duodenum of a 12-year-old boy whose reconstructed ...

Researchers in China and Malaysia have developed and validated a concise 25-item questionnaire that measures kidney disease patients' knowledge, attitudes ...

A study of 422 children at Fortportal Regional Referral Hospital found that 41.5 percent of those admitted with suspected infection ...

A new review explains why oral rotavirus vaccines protect children far less effectively in low- and middle-income countries, citing maternal ...

A cross-sectional study of 626 surgical head and neck cancer patients in China finds that higher nutritional knowledge and practice ...

A study of 984 rheumatoid arthritis patients finds that the Prognostic Nutritional Index, a simple blood-based score combining albumin and ...

A prospective Australian study shows that early weight loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis marks a subgroup with faster decline and ...

A new study finds that a simple index combining triglycerides, total cholesterol, and body weight outperforms established nutritional tools in ...

A five-year cohort study at Uganda's national heart institute finds that rural residence, underweight status, defect severity and late diagnosis ...

In the realm of geriatric medicine, understanding the multifaceted interplay between frailty, malnutrition, and pneumonia severity is not merely an ...